Your Favorite You
Welcome to Your Favorite You, a weekly podcast helping brilliant women like you with beautiful brains to create the life you've been dreaming of with intention so you can find your favorite version of you. Your host, Melissa Parsons, is a pediatrician turned life coach. She holds the titles of wife, mom, daughter, sister, and friend of many. She became a certified life coach after discovering that coaching held the secret to the universe, and knew she had to share this magic with everyone in her orbit. This podcast is for you if ... you're stuck in fear and perfectionism thinking that your value comes from what you do or what you don't do, rather than knowing that your value comes from who you are, and this is keeping you from dreaming and trying new things, or from remembering or doing what you used to love. Join Melissa on this journey to figuring out and remembering who you are; a journey to finding and becoming your favorite you. To learn more about Melissa, visit: https://www.melissaparsonscoaching.com/
Episodes
104 episodes since 2022
Ep 103: Women in Community
I recently spent five days in gorgeous Park City, Utah with four incredible women, and the experience made me think about how important community is for women.Back when I was a pediatrician, my work colleagues were my community and my f...
September 17, 2024
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16:00
Ep 102: Sex, Drugs, and Perimenopause with Kelly Casperson, MD
Since my last episode about sex and pleasure, I’ve wanted to explore the topic further on the podcast. I’m thrilled to be doing that today with my gu...
September 10, 2024
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54:11
Ep 101: You Can Change Your Lens
Today I want to share some insights about how our natural negativity bias might be holding us back from being one of our favorite versions of ourselves.Negativity bias can often prevent us from recognizing the positive aspects of our liv...
September 03, 2024
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14:14
Ep 100: Pediatrics and Coaching Collide!
I can hardly believe we’re celebrating the 100th episode of Your Favorite You! Whether you’ve been here for one episode or all 100, thank you for choosing to start the journey of becoming your favorite version of yourself with me. ...
August 27, 2024
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16:33
Ep 99: Parenting on Purpose with Bev Aron
I am delighted to have Bev Aron join me as a guest on the podcast. I first heard Bev speak about purposeful parenting back in 2021, and her talk left a lasting impact on me. Today, I’m excited to bring her wisdom to all of you.In this ep...
August 20, 2024
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52:26
Ep 98: Influence vs. Control with Maggie Reyes
I’m so excited to welcome back the amazing Maggie Reyes to the podcast. If you’re listening to this episode today it comes out, today is Maggie's birthday. I’m so grateful that Maggie was born and that she is joining us once again to share her ...
August 13, 2024
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55:47
Ep 97: Meeting Yourself
It's frustrating when you want to have a deeper connection with someone in your life, but your relationship continues to be superficial. In order to have a deep relationship with someone, you have to have a deep relationship with yo...
August 06, 2024
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13:31
Ep 96: What to do when you don't want to...
What do you do when you don’t want to do something? Do you sit and stare off into space? I get it. This podcast episode was inspired by me not wanting to write a podcast episode. We all have times when we simply do not want to do so...
July 30, 2024
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16:49
Ep 95: Compassionate Unlearning
If you have never had a life coach before, you might think most of what I do is teach you new concepts to help you learn new ways of dealing with the inevitable ups and downs of life.In the past 4 years of being a coach, I have found th...
July 23, 2024
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16:19
Ep 94: Unrealistic Expectations
Today, we're diving into a topic that impacts all of us: expectations.Have you ever found yourself feeling constantly disappointed or frustrated, either with yourself or others? It's likely that unrealistic expectations are at play.<...
July 16, 2024
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14:51
Ep 93: Me as a Client
I recently celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary and was reflecting on what happened for me and my relationship due to coaching and mentorship. In this episode, I look back on my thoughts about my relationship with Jon before either of...
July 09, 2024
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16:03
Ep 92: Leveling Up with Penny Kukla
Do you feel stuck in patterns that keep you from “leveling up” in your life?My guest today is the fabulous Penny Kukla. Penny is a practicing pediatrician and a former client of mine.You'll hear how Penny changed her beliefs about...
July 02, 2024
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44:59
Ep 91: Disappointment
When was the last time you were disappointed by someone's behavior? Was the behavior one they've repeated over and over again, that you really shouldn't be surprised by at this point?In this episode, I'll offer the perspective that you ...
June 25, 2024
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11:14
Ep 90: The Power of the Pause
Do you feel like you’re always moving fast and making snap decisions? It’s a lot of pressure to be available to your friends, family, and work colleagues at all times, ready to answer that text, call or email at a moment's notice.We nee...
June 18, 2024
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13:19
Ep 89: Belief Work in Progress!
Are you still unsure whether or not working with a coach is the right path? It might be time to work on changing your beliefs about what you deserve and what's possible for you.If you’ve been listening to this podcast for some time, I ho...
June 11, 2024
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15:03
Ep 88: Practicing Acceptance
Last week, we talked about the difference between accepting yourself for who you are and tolerating a life you don't love. This week, I’m back to talk about specific ways you can practice acceptance. We’ll look at several methods to hel...
June 04, 2024
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12:23
Ep 87: Acceptance vs. Tolerance
How can we shift from tolerating a life we don't love to embracing acceptance and making the changes we might be afraid to make?When I talk about tolerance, I’m referring to enduring circumstances or situations that don't align with our ...
May 28, 2024
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11:38
Ep 86: Better Than Happy with Kate Mowery
I’m so grateful to have my former client Kate Mowery as a guest today to share how her coaching experience has impacted her life.Before coaching, Kate was dealing with too much stress from saying “Yes” to everything at work and not havi...
May 21, 2024
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49:05
Ep 85: Coaching Results Part 1
Could coaching be the missing link to help you love your life?Maybe you need to have more compassion for yourself or need to trust yourself more. Women get help with so many aspects of their life when they work with a general life coach...
May 14, 2024
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16:14
Ep 84: Living with Less Regret with Sarah Wittry
When you look back on your life, do you regret more of the things you did do or the things you didn’t?Today, my amazing guest Sarah Wittry talks with me about regret from her very interesting perspective. Sarah is both a physician who w...
May 07, 2024
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37:47
Ep 83: Where is Your Worth?
Your self-worth isn't tied to anything but being exactly you. It shouldn't depend on your achievements, career, family, relationship status, or bank account, but sometimes it’s difficult to see past that. Do external things like these have an i...
April 30, 2024
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15:31
Ep 82: Let's Talk About Sex and Pleasure
Today, I’m talking about a topic near and dear to my heart. Sex and pleasure have an important role in my life. If you aren't happy with the role they play in yours, I want you to know that can change.The things we're taught about sex i...
April 23, 2024
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26:01
Ep 81: The Price of Trauma
In this episode, I'm joined by physician coach, master of public health, business owner, farmer, mother, and badass Dr. Kemia Sarraf.Dr. Sarraf truly wears many hats, and by the end of this episode, you'll have benefited from each one of...
April 16, 2024
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